On 17 November 2011 09:40, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
The idea was that to be a stakeholder in the management of DNS you have to be a domain registrant. The idea was that ICANN's DNSO/GNSO was not a generalized representation of Internet users but a representation of domain name holders. General internet users were supposed to be represented via the At Large.<br>
</blockquote><div><br><br>Agreed. I have made the leadership of the African region of At-Large aware of the rejection, and I hope they will encourage James to submit an application for Kasweaha to become an At-Large Structure.<br>
</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Why should people who do not even have domains be establishing policy preferences for people who do?</blockquote>
<div><br><br>That's a very interesting question, well beyond answering in this thread.<br><br><br><br>- Evan<br><br>
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